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Gordon Hayward: NBA All-Star Weekend

On Wednesday, Gordon Hayward shared a candid and heartfelt post to his personal website describing the moment he discovered he had been named an All-Star for the first time in his career.

Hayward recalled in detail how on January 26, Utah Jazz assistant coach Johnnie Bryant called him and broke the news Hayward was going to be participating in the 2017 NBA All-Star game.

Now in his seventh season with the Jazz after making his debut back in 2010, Hayward goes on to thank all those who have supported him from the beginning.

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"I never dreamed I’d be an All-Star" - Gordon Hayward

Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team as one of the seven reserved announced by the NBA today. Hayward was voted onto the 12-man squad by Western Conference coaches for the 66th NBA All-Star Game, which will be played at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. MT.

This is the first All-Star berth for Hayward and it marks the first All-Star appearance by a Jazzman since 2011 (Deron Williams).

In 40 games (all starts) for Utah, Hayward is averaging a career-high 21.8 points and 5.7 rebounds, along with 3.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 34.9 minutes per game and has helped the Jazz to a 29-18 start this season. He leads the team in scoring and free throw percentage while ranks second on the squad in assists per game. He earned his first NBA Western Conference Player of the Week honors on Jan. 16. Hayward is one of just six players in the NBA to be averaging at least 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and .520 effective field goal percentage. In addition, earlier this season he passed Mehmet Okur (7,255) for ninth place on the Jazz career scoring list and Darrell Griffith (1,627) for ninth on the all-time franchise assist list, and also currently ranks second in Jazz annals for both three-pointers made (619) and attempted (1,697). The Jazz are 21-7 this season when Hayward scores 20-or-more points and 4-1 when he scores 30-plus points.

Hayward becomes the 12th Jazz player to be selected an All-Star, joining Carlos Boozer (2007-08), Adrian Dantley (1980-82, ‘84-86), Mark Eaton (1989), Rickey Green (1984), Andrei Kirilenko (2004), Karl Malone (1988-98, 2000-02), Pete Maravich (1977-79), Mehmet Okur (2007), Len “Truck” Robinson (1978), John Stockton (1989-97, 2000) and Deron Williams (2010, 2011).

Joining Hayward in New Orleans will be Jazz teammates Danté Exum and Trey Lyles, who were selected on Wednesday to play for the World Team in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star Weekend on Friday, Feb. 17. 

The NBA All-Star Game will be televised by TNT and will also be available on the Watch TNT App and on TNT Overtime. In addition, the game will be broadcast on ESPN Radio, with audio also available on the ESPN app. The midseason classic will reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 languages.

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Gordon Hayward Named to 2017 NBA All-Star Team

SALT LAKE CITY (January 25, 2017) – The NBA announced today that second-year Utah Jazz players guard Danté Exum and forward Trey Lyles have been selected to the World Team at the 2017 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge during NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans. Exumparticipated in the event in 2015 in New York while Lyles played for the World Team last year in Toronto. The league’s annual showcase of premier young talent pits 10 first- and second-year NBA players from the United States against 10 first- and second-year NBA players from around the world. The game is set for 7 p.m. MT on Friday, Feb. 17 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, and will be broadcast live by TNT and ESPN Radio.

The Jazz are one of five teams to have multiple players selected to the event.

Exum (6-6, 201, Australia) is averaging 5.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 19.5 minutes in 33 games (16 starts) in 2016-17. He has scored in double-digits in 10 games this season. During the Nov. 1 game at San Antonio, Exum collected four blocks in 14 minutes, making him the first player listed as a guard with four-plus blocks in under 15 minutes since the 2009-10 season. 

Lyles (6-10, 245, Kentucky) has appeared in 47 games (three starts) for the Jazz, averaging 8.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 19.3 minutes.He has registered 10-plus points in 18 games and one game of 20-plus points this season. On Nov. 25 vs. Atlanta, Lyles recorded his first double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Exum and Lyles will become the fifth and sixth Jazz players, respectively,to appear in multiple Rising Stars Challenges, joining Andrei Kirilenko (2002, 2003), Deron Williams (2006, 2007), Paul Millsap (2007, 2008) and Trey Burke (2014, 2015).

Both BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge rosters, chosen by the NBA’s assistant coaches, had to include four guards, four frontcourt players and two players at any position. The coaches also picked a minimum of three first-year players and three second-year players for each team.

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Danté Exum and Trey Lyles Named to 2017 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge

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